February 23rd, 1682

Born on February 23rd, 1682

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 125,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 252 days, exactly on February 15th, 2027, people who were born on February 23rd, 1682 will be 126,000 days old!

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What happened on February 23rd?

February 23rd, 2017

Syrian civil war: Allied troops led by the Turkish Armed Forces captured the city of al-Bab from the Islamic State.

February 23rd, 2008

A B-2 Spirit stealth bomber crashed on the runway shortly after takeoff from Andersen Air Force Base in Guam in the most expensive crash in U.S. Air Force history.

February 23rd, 1987

SN 1987A, the first supernova that modern astronomers were able to study in great detail, was observed from Earth occurring in the Large Magellanic Cloud.

February 23rd, 1971

Vietnam War: South Vietnamese General Đỗ Cao Trí was killed in a helicopter crash en route to taking control of the faltering Operation Lam Son 719.

February 23rd, 1945

American photographer Joe Rosenthal took the Pulitzer Prize–winning photograph Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima during the Battle of Iwo Jima, an image that was later reproduced on the Marine Corps War Memorial.

February 23rd, 1943

35 children and 1 adult employee were killed in a fire at an orphanage in the town of Cavan, Ireland.

February 23rd, 1941

Plutonium was first chemically identified by chemist Glenn T. Seaborg and his team at the University of California, Berkeley.

February 23rd, 1886

American inventor Charles Martin Hall discovered an inexpensive method of producing aluminium.

February 23rd, 1847

Mexican–American War: The United States Army used artillery to repulse the much larger Mexican army at the Battle of Buena Vista near Saltillo.

February 23rd, 1778

American Revolutionary War: Prussian military officer Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben arrived at Valley Forge in Pennsylvania as a volunteer for the Continental Army.

February 23rd, 1739

The identity of English highwayman Dick Turpin was uncovered by his former schoolmate, who recognised his handwriting, leading to Turpin's trial.

February 23rd, 1725

Johann Sebastian Bach premiered his Shepherd Cantata for the birthday of Christian, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels (pictured).

February 23rd, 1725

J. S. Bach leads his Tafel-Music Shepherd Cantata for the birthday of Christian, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels.

February 23rd, 2020

Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old African-American citizen, is shot and murdered by three white men after visiting a house under construction while jogging at a neighborhood in Satilla Shores near Brunswick in Glynn County, Georgia.

February 23rd, 2019

Atlas Air Flight 3591, a Boeing 767 freighter, crashes into Trinity Bay near Anahuac, Texas, killing all three people on board.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on February 23rd

Born on February 23rd, 1682

54

Christian, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels

Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels

*February 23rd, 1682, Weißenfels †June 18th, 1736, Sangerhausen

Same year
Born in 1682

36

Carl XII of Sweden

The fifth and last emperor of Sweden (1697–1718)

*June 27th, 1682, Stockholm †December 11th, 1718, Halden

39

Bartholomew Roberts

Welsh pirate (1682-1722)

*May 17th, 1682, Little Newcastle †February 10th, 1722, Cape Lopez

73

Franz Georg von Schönborn

Catholic archbishop (1682-1756); Archbishop and Elector of Trier from 1729 and Prince-Bishop of Worms and Prince-Provost of Ellwangen from 1732

*June 15th, 1682, Mainz †January 18th, 1756, Kurfürstliche Residenz in Ehrenbreitstein

69

Annibale Albani

Italian cardinal (1682-1751)

*August 15th, 1682, Urbino †October 21st, 1751, Rome

36

Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg

German Lutheran clergy (1682-1719)

*July 10th, 1682, Pulsnitz †February 23rd, 1719, Tharangambadi

49

Johannes Ens

Dutch theologian

*May 9th, 1682, Kwadijk †January 6th, 1732, Utrecht

72

Ignacio Visconti

Superior General of the Society of Jesus

*July 31st, 1682, Milan †May 4th, 1755, Rome

87

Charles I, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal

Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal

*September 23rd, 1682, Schmalkalden †May 8th, 1770, Philippsthal (Werra)

53

Bruno Mauricio de Zabala

Spanish colonial administrator (1682-1736)

*October 6th, 1682, Durango †January 31st, 1736, Paraná River

64

Ernest Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Duke of Brunswick-Bevern

*March 4th, 1682, Osterholz †April 14th, 1746, Brunswick

44

Thomas von Westen

Norwegian missionary

*September 13th, 1682, Trondheim †April 9th, 1727, Trondheim

87

Jacopo Facciolati

Italian philologist (1682-1769)

*January 4th, 1682, Torreglia †August 26th, 1769, Padua

77

Benjamin Lay

American Quaker activist

*January 26th, 1682, Colchester †February 3rd, 1759, Abington Township

61

John Hadley

English mathematician and astronomer; (1682-1744)

*April 16th, 1682, Hertfordshire †February 14th, 1744, London

51

Michael Friedrich von Althann

German cardinal

*July 20th, 1682, Kłodzko †June 20th, 1734, Vác

33

Roger Cotes

English mathematician

*July 10th, 1682, Burbage †June 5th, 1716, Cambridge

78

Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll

Scottish noble (1682-1761)

*June 1st, 1682, Surrey †April 15th, 1761, London

63

Bernhard Walter Marperger

German theologian

*May 14th, 1682, Hamburg †March 28th, 1746, Dresden

49

Georg Heinrich Bose

*June 1st, 1682, Leipzig †October 3rd, 1731

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on February 23rd

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, Red Army Day or Day of Soviet Army and Navy in the former Soviet Union, also held in various former Soviet republics) which are celebrated on February 23rd.

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1682 is a normal year and no leap year.

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